MoveSmart Rentals

Rental leasing · Windsor, ON

Rental leasing in Windsor

Full-service leasing for Windsor landlords. We list, market, show, screen, and sign your unit, syndicated to the MLS and 20 portals, with an 18-day average from listing to lease.

MLS + 20 portals · Broad listing exposure
18-day avg placement · Listing to signed lease
Compliant screening · Documented audit trail
No tenant, no fee18-day average to lease6-month replacement guaranteeCompliant with the RTA 2006

Why it matters

What goes wrong with leasing in Windsor alone

Vacancy across Windsor has loosened and tenants have more choice, which means the cost of a slow or sloppy lease-up has gone up, not down.

  • 01

    A month of empty rent

    Overprice by a little and the unit sits. On a two-bedroom in Windsor a single empty month is roughly the price of getting it wrong.

  • 02

    Thin exposure

    Posting to one or two free sites reaches a fraction of active renters. The qualified applicants are shopping across the MLS and the major portals.

  • 03

    Screening you can’t defend

    A credit check and a gut feel is how landlords end up at the Landlord and Tenant Board. Documentation is what protects you later.

  • 04

    Paperwork that exposes you

    A generic lease that skips the Ontario Standard Lease or mishandles deposits can make a later dispute much harder to win.

Self-managed vs MoveSmart

The same vacancy, two outcomes

Same Windsor unit, same week it goes vacant. The difference is who runs the lease-up.

Time to lease

Yourself

Weeks of solo showings and chasing replies

MoveSmart

18-day average, showings 7 days a week

List price

Yourself

Guesswork; overpricing costs a full month

MoveSmart

Priced to live comparables within 1 km

Exposure

Yourself

One or two free listing sites

MoveSmart

MLS + 20 rental portals

Screening

Yourself

A credit check and a gut feel

MoveSmart

Credit, income, employment, references, documented

The lease

Yourself

Generic template, compliance risk

MoveSmart

Ontario Standard Lease, e-signed and filed

Your cost

Yourself

$0 fee, but your time and vacancy risk

MoveSmart

One month’s rent, only when a tenant signs

If it falls through

Yourself

Start over and pay to re-list

MoveSmart

6-month replacement, no second fee

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Market context

Local market context in Windsor

The Windsor market presents specific exposure for property management work. Windsor operates as a secondary rental hub within the ontario metro footprint with measurable demand for both single family rental and small-format multifamily. Local rules pull from Residential Tenancies Act 2006, administered by the Landlord and Tenant Board of Ontario. For trade scope we pull a no permit for leasing scope where the work requires one. Older high-rise condominium in Downtown and Old Town asks for extra time for hidden conditions that fresh semi-detached and single family detached in Riverside rarely surfaces.

A Windsor rental staged and ready for showings — MoveSmart Rentals

What you get

What this looks like on the ground

Inside the Windsor market, our property management workflow starts with a diagnostic visit, then we move to list the unit, market it, qualify applicants, run screening, and execute the lease. The repeat calls we see here are new vacancy intake, lease renewal placement, off market period reduction, and re-tenancy on short notice. Owners care about days vacant and quality of tenant placed, and our documentation maps to that concern. We rotate trucks between Downtown, Old Town, and Riverside so the dispatch window stays inside a service-level guarantee across the 229,660 resident market. Every Windsor property management call closes with a documented work order accessible through the owner portal under a ON-specific reporting framework.

Leasing legally in Ontario

The rules that protect you

Every MoveSmart placement is run to Ontario law, so the lease you sign holds up and your decisions are defensible.

Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

The RTA 2006 governs most private residential tenancies in Ontario, administered by the Landlord and Tenant Board.

Ontario Standard Lease

The government Standard Lease (Form 2229E) is mandatory for most tenancies signed since April 30, 2018. We prepare it on every placement.

Human Rights Code screening

Screening follows the OHRC: no disqualifying protected grounds, no rigid 30 percent income rule, no automatic refusal for thin credit.

2026 rent increase guideline

The 2026 guideline is 2.1 percent, with at least 90 days written notice and one increase every 12 months for rent-controlled units.

Non-payment and the LTB

Unpaid rent runs through an N4 notice (now a 7-day termination period under Bill 60) to the Landlord and Tenant Board.

New market rent on vacancy

Between tenancies you may set a new market rent. We price each vacancy to the live comparable set.

We don't get paid until your Windsor unit is leased. That single line rewrites how a leasing file gets run.

The MoveSmart success-fee promise

Transparent pricing

Leasing fees in Windsor

No upfront cost and no monthly percentage, ever. You pay a one-time success fee equivalent to one month of contracted rent, due only when a qualified tenant signs the lease.

Leasing & tenant placement

One month rent

One-time success fee, billed only when a tenant signs. $0 upfront.

  • Professional photography and video
  • MLS and 20 portal syndication
  • Tenant screening and background checks
  • Showings and applicant management
  • Lease drafting, e-signing, and deposits
  • Move-in coordination and key handover
  • 6-month Tenant Replacement Guarantee

Optional add-ons

As needed

Layer on extra coverage when it fits the property.

  • Rent Protection, quoted by partner
  • Paid advertising, pass-through at cost
  • Institutional lease-up, custom RFP
  • GST/HST excluded; confirmed in writing first

Our promise

The MoveSmart Tenant Replacement Guarantee

If a tenant we place leaves within the first six months, we re-market and re-place the unit at no additional success fee. You are not paying twice for one vacancy.

  • First 6 months covered
  • No additional fee
  • Same screening standard

Choose Your Path

Two doors, one standard

Whether you own the property or are searching for your next home, MoveSmart Rentals runs the same disciplined playbook on both sides of the lease.

Premium single-family rental home at dusk
01 / Owners

Hands-off leasing, brick by brick

For Property Owners

Full-service leasing and tenant placement with zero upfront cost. Strategic pricing, professional marketing, tenant qualification, lease execution, and a documented move-in - hands-off leasing from listing to keys.

  • 18-Day Avg Placement
  • Defensible Qualification
  • Rental Protection
  • MLS + 20+ platforms
  • Dedicated Leasing Advisor
  • Owner Portal
Zero upfrontOwner Services
Bright, professionally staged apartment interior
02 / Tenants

Verified listings, honest pricing

For Tenants

Find your next home from our pipeline of professionally listed rentals across Canada and the United States. Verified listings, transparent pricing, and a smooth application-to-move-in experience.

  • Verified Listings
  • Online Applications
  • Online Payments
  • Transparent Pricing
  • Responsive Leasing Team
  • Secure E-Sign
Zero upfrontBrowse Rentals
Same team, both sides of the lease

Areas we serve

Local coverage across Windsor

A dedicated leasing page for each Windsor district, with rents, demand and lease times specific to that pocket of the city.

  • 01Windsor Plaza
  • 02Windsor Quarter
  • 03Windsor Commons

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Frequently Asked

Frequently asked questions

Yes. We dispatch 24/7 across Windsor and the broader Ontario market. For active vacancy drift or any life safety issue, call 1-855-668-7621.

Ready to lease faster in Windsor?

Zero upfront, success-fee pricing, and a documented, compliant lease. One number, one accountable team.